State personnel records show the former Department of Child Services employees were fired Aug. 15 for failing to follow policies to ensure a child’s safety.

Their dismissals followed the Aug. 4 death of 18-year-old Linda Kelley in a filthy Indianapolis home with bedsores covering much of her lower body.

Kelley’s cause of death has not yet been determined.

State officials say they were disturbed that Carter, a former DCS family case manager, and two Damar Services employees visited Kelley’s home six days before her death, but didn’t report her perilous condition.